Tonearms without anti-skate, damage to records?

unless your arm is a tangential design, all pivoting arms generate 'skating force' regardless of the angle on the arm tube. it is the angle deviation of the stylus from perfect tangent that causes the force. that is why AS is so difficult to set and wrong for the most part, but some AS, I think, is better than none, just don't go overboard!

Bob P.

Lewm, I didn't know that the RS-Ai articulated at the head. Similar to an old Garrard arm back in the '60s or was that another company. Still, in this case, I guess AS would really be difficult and unnecessary.

Salut, Bob P.

Ah yes the Garrard Zero 100, I had forgoten. Thanks.

Bob p.